Israelis arrest pro-Palestinian activists arriving at Ben-Gurion airport | #Airflotilla2

MEMO | April 17, 2012 The Israeli occupation authorities have arrested a number of foreign nationals who arrived at Ben Gurion Airport to take part in solidarity events in the occupied West Bank. The Europeans were arrested when they arrived on Sunday from airports across Europe, despite attempts by Israel to block the airlines from […]

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Sights that the ‘flytilla’ activists weren’t allowed to see | #Airflotilla2

To distance certain sights from the eyes of the world, the Israeli government has turned its international airport into a military outpost. By Akiva Eldar | Haaretz | April 17, 2012 Source http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/sights-that-the-flytilla-activists-weren-t-allowed-to-see-1.424717#.T40WeCx1DMg.twitter What would Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu do without the massacre in Syria? How would Esti Perez, the presenter of the midday news […]

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Welcome to Palestine – the Edinburgh send off – Video | #Airflotilla2

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Israeli official: 40% of names on Shin Bet fly-in blacklist were not activists | #Airflotilla2

Security service had no evidence that 470 of the 1,200 people whom Israel labeled as ‘pro-Palestinian activists’ intended to do anything illegal, source says; French diplomat and his wife among those whose tickets to Israel were canceled. By Barak Ravid | Haaretz April 16, 2012 Source http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israeli-official-40-of-names-on-shin-bet-fly-in-blacklist-were-not-activists-1.424470?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+imeu%2FfromTheMedia+%28IMEU+%3A+News+%26+Analysis+%3A+From+the+Media%29   Forty percent of the non-Israeli citizens whose […]

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Welcome to Palestine: Israel ‘pretends to be a democracy’ | #Airflotilla2

IMEU | Ma’an News Agency, Apr 16, 2012 Organizers of the Welcome to Palestine campaign said Sunday that the first day of the initiative has been a success, despite the fact that only two activists have been able to enter the West Bank. “It was a success at a media level, but it was not […]

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Israel Falsifies Palestinian Supporters List | #Airflotilla2

Watar News | April 16, 2012 Occupied Jerusalem, April 16 (QNA) – Israeli security forces produced counterfeit lists containing the names of “Welcome to Palestine” supporters, by adding foreign citizens bearing no relation to the campaign to raise intimidation against it and distort the goals of its participants, an Israeli newspaper has revealed. According to […]

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Welcome to Palestine 2012 – solidarity with #PalestinePrisoners | #Airflotilla2

Posted on Palestine Spring April 16, 2012 Israel successfully projected its power into airports across Europe and North America to stop people boarding aircraft in their home countries to visit Palestine. To achieve this, Israel certainly resorted to criminal means, hacking into personal emails. It was, however, at a cost. One among many similar voices […]

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VIDEO | Ronnie Barkan’s arrest at Ben Guryon Airport – 15 April at 18:30 | #Airflotilla2

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Israel Criminalizes Travel ~ by Stephen Lendman | #Airflotilla2

April 16, 2012 | UrukNet   Israel systematically wages war on rule of law principles, truth, equity, justice, and other democratic values. Even Jews aren’t safe. Anyone challenging Netanyahu’s regime and earlier ones becomes vulnerable. Travelers beware. Israel criminalized entry earlier. Rogue officials are at it again. At issue are so-called “flytilla” activists. Reports suggest […]

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Israeli response to fly-in proves West Bank is the Palestinians’ prison | #Airflotilla2

Monday, April 16 2012| Noam Sheizaf | 972 Magazine Advocates for Israel often claim that the Palestinians run their own life. Yet again and again it appears that the West Bank has become their prison. Israeli activist Michal Vexler arrested at Ben Gurion airport while demonstrating in favor of the ‘Welcome to Palestine’ fly-in on […]

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Welcome to Palestine: Israel ‘pretends to be a democracy’ | #Airflotilla2

LIVE BLOG | Welcome to Palestine | LIVE UPDATES | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 Maan News Agency | April 15, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Organizers of the Welcome to Palestine campaign said Sunday that the first day of the initiative has been a success, despite the fact that only two activists […]

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Who are the ‘Welcome to Palestine’ activists? ~ by @MyaGuarnieri | #Airflotilla2

April 15, 2012 | Mya Guarnieri | 972 Blog In the air between Geneva and Tel Aviv, I spent some time talking to the international activists who joined the “Welcome to Palestine” campaign. Activists who told this writer in the Geneva airport that they are traveling to Palestine, cheered quietly and smiled as the plane […]

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European authorities prevent pro-Palestinian activists from flying | #Airflotilla2

PressTV | April 15, 2012  European authorities have prevented hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists from boarding Tel Aviv-bound flights to participate in a fly-in protest against Israel, Press TV reports. Hundreds of activists at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, the departure site for nearly half of the group’s 1,200 participants, were barred from flying to […]

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ANOTHER GREAT EXCLUSIVE by @972Mag – The first draft of the Flytilla letter | #Airflotilla2

April 15, 2012 +972 is seriously rocking last days with exclusives and please bookmark their page for most likely there is much more to come! Below, the creative version of  the  Israel’s childish letter, handed out to activists: By Yaniv Eidelstein | 972 Magazine They eventually did some stylistic editing, but this is how it […]

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